Town of New Hartford, Connecticut

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The 2000 Census showed that New Hartford had a population of 6,088 people^<1>. This represents 0.18% of the total population of Connecticut, making it the state's 142nd most populous community.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated.

Below is a list of similarily sized communities (while rank is based on the 2000 Census, the population shown is estimated for 2008):

Rank in 2000	Community	Direction	Distance<2>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
139	Essex	SE	45 mi [72.4 km]	6,784	4.29% increase
140	Middlebury	S	22 mi [35.41 km]	7,343	13.83% increase
141	Westbrook	SE	46 mi [74 km]	6,641	5.55% increase
-142-	New Hartford			6,728	10.51% increase
143	Killingworth	SE	38 mi [61.2 km]	6,463	7.39% increase
144	Willington	E	38 mi [61.2 km]	6,114	2.6% increase
145	Marlborough	SE	30 mi [48.28 km]	6,360	11.4% increase

New Hartford had 2,368 Housing Units^<3> at the time of the 2000 Census.

The 2000 Census shows that New Hartford has a total area of 38.14 square miles [98.8 km²]^<4>. Of this total, 37.03 square miles [95.9 km²]1.11 square miles [2.87 km²]).

Using the above population and land area values, New Hartford had a 2000 population density of 164.4 people per square mile [63.5 people/km²], making it the state's 156th most densely populated area.

Litchfield County

The Town of New Hartford is located in Litchfield County.

The county had a population of 182,614 people at the 2000 Census. With it's population of 6,088 people, New Hartford contained 3.33% of the Litchfield County total.

In addition, where the community of New Hartford has a population density of 164.4 people per square mile [63.5 people/km²], Litchfield County averages 198.5 people per square mile [76.6 people/km²].

For more information, please visit our Census Page for Litchfield County.

Population Rings

To help identify the number of people who live in New Hartford and the surrounding area, we have drawn concentric rings centered on New Hartford. We counted the number of communities within each ring and summed their populations.^<5>

US Census QuickFacts

The Census Bureau has created documents containing demographic information called QuickFacts. Although they haven't created a QuickFact for New Hartford, there are QuickFacts available for the following nearby communities:

	Community	Census QuickFact	Direction	Distance	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Torrington	QF-0976570	SW	Less than 2 mi	35,312	0.31% increase
	Torrington	QF-0976500	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	35,312	0.31% increase
	Bristol	QF-0908490	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	60,927	1.44% increase
	Bristol	QF-0908420	S	11 mi [17.7 km]	60,927	1.44% increase
	West Hartford	QF-0982590	E	13 mi [20.92 km]	60,495	4.87% decrease
	New Britain	QF-0950440	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	70,486	1.47% decrease
	New Britain	QF-0950370	SE	16 mi [25.75 km]	70,486	1.47% decrease
	Hartford	QF-0937070	E	17 mi [27.36 km]	124,062	2.04% increase

For more about neighboring communities, please visit our Neighborhood Page for New Hartford.

A Census Quickfact is available for Litchfield County (QF-09005).

Below are QuickFacts for the counties that border Litchfield County.

	County	Census QuickFact	Direction	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Berkshire (MA)	QF-25003	N	129,395	4% decrease
	Hampden (MA)	QF-25013	NE	460,840	0.94% increase
	Hartford	QF-09003	E	877,312	2.2% increase
	New Haven	QF-09009	SE	846,101	2.56% increase
	Fairfield	QF-09001	S	895,030	1.19% increase
	Dutchess (NY)	QF-36027	W	292,878	4.24% increase
	Columbia (NY)	QF-36021	NW	62,006	1.67% decrease

Miscellaneous Information

The Federal government has assigned identifying codes to each community, county and state. The following FIPS codes apply to New Hartford:

New Hartford is located in Census Region #1 (the Northeast Region) and in Division #1 (the New England Division).

For more information about various Federal Codes, please visit our Misc. Page for New Hartford.

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Search for Local Businesses

Google's 'Search-by-Location' is a very useful tool for people who might be planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) New Hartford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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